In vivo image-guided 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the serial development of hepatocarcinogenesis in an experimental animal model |
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| Institution: | 1. North Queensland Magnetic Resonance Centre, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia;2. Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia;1. Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9046, USA;2. Advanced Imaging Research Center and Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA;3. MRL, 2000 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA;4. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, 300 Third Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA;1. School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China;2. Accreditation Center of TCM Physician State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China;1. China Three Gorges University, Griffith Health, Yichang, 443000, China;2. Third-Grade Pharmacological Laboratory on Chinese Medicine Approved by State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical College of China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, 443002, China;3. Xinding Biological Technology Co., Ltd, Yichang, 443000, China;4. Hubei Province Changshengchuan chin brick tea Research Institute, Yichang, 443000, China;5. Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Renhe Hospital of China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443001, Hubei, China;1. Department of Gastroenterology, Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Ancona, Italy;2. Obesity Center, Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Ancona, Italy;3. Department of Gastroenterology, Senigallia Hospital, Senigallia, Italy;4. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy;5. ISOF, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy;1. School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201210, China;2. Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201210, China |
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| Abstract: | Histology on a core or open biopsy is considered the gold standard for the diagnosis of tumours. While the non-invasive technique of magnetic resonance imaging can direct some of the decision diagnostic making, it has limitations and disadvantages, that can be partly overcome with the use of in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). In vivo MRS is able to provide a specific biochemical profile on tumour tissue, compared with normal tissue. The capability of this technique is demonstrated here by the long-term development of hepatocellular carcinoma in an animal model. It allows the observation of the biochemical changes that occur in tumour tissue during its progression from preneoplastic nodules to hepatocellular carcinoma. Specifically the changes in the lipid profiles of tumour tissue at various stages of development are observed with proton (1H) MRS. Significant increases occurred in the lipid acyl chain methylene and methyl hydrogens during the early developmental stages of hepatocarcinogenesis, whereas during later stages associated with tumour development there was a significant increase in the levels of olefinic acyl chain hydrogens from unsaturated lipids. It is anticipated that this model will precede the application of the same technology to the non-invasive diagnosis and grading of human hepatocellular carcinoma. |
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